Tag: Philippines

The crew of MISC’s LNG vessel, Seri Begawan rescued a Filipino fisherman stranded in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, 400 nautical miles from Philippines coast, on 26 May 2018. The fisherman was 20 days adrift at sea and he was found on a small boat, after the lookout on duty at the navigation bridge spotted him.

Jamaica is selected to be among the 10 countries that will take part in the Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships Project, which aims to support the implementation of energy-efficiency measures to reduce GHG emissions from shipping. The other countries are Argentina, China, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines and South Africa.

In its latest report for January-March 2018, the ReCAAP ISC noted a significant improvement in piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, which was most apparent at ports and anchorages in Bangladesh and Philippines. However, the number of incidents at Vietnam’s anchorage and in Straits of Malacca and Singapore has increased slightly.

The ReCAAP ISC received information from Philippine Focal Point about the planned kidnapping by the members of Abu Sayyaf. The group will be  using a blue 3-Engine Speedboat and expected to be underway to Sabah within the next 24 hours. ReCAAP ISC urged for situational awareness to mariners operating in the area. 

The Philippines became the latest country to accede to the IMO instrument providing rules for the prevention of air pollution from ships and energy efficiency requirements. This brings the total number of ratifications of MARPOL Annex VI to 90, representing 96.5% of world merchant shipping tonnage.

More women are deciding to join the Philippine maritime industry as seafarers. This caused the productivity to improve and shows the country's attempt to promote gender equality in the maritime sector. The National Maritime Polytechnic tries to promote gender equality in the maritime sector, and address the low level of awareness.

Filipino shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction has unveiled its first-ever Subic-made 20,600 TEU class container vessel in a ship ceremony at Subic facility on 25 January, "cementing its foothold in the highly competitive global shipbuilding industry."

According to ReCAAP ISC annual report, 84% of the incidents reported, were armed robbery, while 16% were piracy incidents. More needs to be done in certain locations, such as Bangladesh and Straits of Malacca. Abduction of crew and theft of oil cargo remained a concern in 2017.

A Philippine ferry carrying 251 people was capsized, near Philipines' capital Manila, on Thursday 21 of December, because of bad weather. As a result, four people lost their lives, seven are missing, while 240 passengers were rescued.

The Captain was taken hostage along with five more crew members, when 10 armed men, believed to relate with Abu Sayyaf group, boarded the vessel in November 2016, while underway off Basilan, in South Philippine sea, and abducted six of the 19 crew members onboard.